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APHIC  ART 

OF  CZECHOSLOVAKIA 


EXHIBITION  OF  PRINTS  FROM  THE 
PRIVATE  COLLECTION 
OF 

HENRY  J.  JOHN  M.  D. 

THE  CLEVELAND  MUSEUM  OF  ART 
CLEVELAND,  OHIO,  U.  S.  A. 


GRAPHIC  ART  OF 
CZECHOSLOVAKIA 


EXHIBITION  OF  PRINTS  FROM  THE  PRIVATE 
COLLECTION 
OF 

H  E  N  R  Y  J.  J  O  H  N,  M.  D. 

THE  CLEVELAND  MUSEUM  OF  ART 
CLEVELAND.  OHIO,  U.  S.  A. 
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INTRODUCTION 

and 

BIOGR  AFIC  AL  DATA 

by 

L  ADISL  AV  URBAN 

Perhaps  many  lovers  of  graphic  art,  who  have  had  no 
opportunity  closely  to  study  this  subject,  wonder  what  the  various 
terms,  common  to  print-collectors  and  graphic  artists,  mean,  such 
as  etching,  dry-point,  aquatint,  line-engraving,  stipple-engraving, 
mezzotint-engraving,  woodcut^  lithography  and  colour-print.  The 
following  is  a  brief  attempt  to  explain  these  various  terms. 

The  word  etch  is  of  Teutonic  origin  and  it  means  to  eat  or 
to  bite.  Hence  comes  the  word  etching,  the  process  of  which  is 
as  follows:  The  etcher  takes  a  copper-plate,  polished  on  one  side 
and  covered  with  a  thin  coating  of  the  so  called  etching-ground, 
a  compound  of  asphaltum,  resin,  and  wax.  The  etching-ground 
is  then  blackened  with  smoke  and  the  artist  draws  his  subject  by 
means  of  a  special  needle,  cutting  lines  through  the  film  of  the 
etching-ground  to  the  surface  of  the  copper-plate.  Having  his 
design  completed  he  immerses  the  plate  in  a  bath  of  acid  which 
immediately  attacks  the  naked  metal.  The  heavier  and  darker 
lines  need,  of  course,  a  longer  exposure  to  the  acid  biting  than 
lines  of  finer  and  more  delicate  character.  The  copper-plate, 
with  the  picture  "eaten  in",  is  then  thoroughly  cleaned  and  goes 
to  the  printing  press.  The  printing  of  etchings  is  an  art  in  itself 
recquiring  a  considerable  skill  and  is  generally  done  by  the  etchers 
themselves. 

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The  technique  of  stipple-engraving  is  very  much  Hke  that 
of  an  etching,  only  that  here  the  artist  produces  the  various  effects 
of  light  and  shade  by  groupping  the  dots,  eliminating  from  his 
picture  entirely  the  drawing  of  lines. 

When  the  artist  with  a  needle  scratches  his  design  directly 
into  the  copper-plate  without  first  laying  the  etching-ground  and 
without  using  the  acid  we  call  this  the  dry-point  technique,  which 
is  closely  related  to  the  line-engraving. 

In  mezzotint  the  well  polished  surface  of  the  copper-plate 
is  roughened  by  means  of  a  toothed  tool  called  a  rocker,  which 
makes  small  hollows  or  dents  in  the  metal.  The  imprint  from  such 
a  grounded  plate  would  be  perfectly  black.  The  artist  has  to 
scrape  the  ground  to  smooth  out  the  rough  places  in  the  form 
of  his  subject  and  thus  produce  a  mezzotint. 

The  aquatint  is  a  process  in  which  finely-powdered  resin 
is  dispersed  over  the  copper-plate.  By  heating  the  plate  to  a  certain 
degree  the  resin  is  melted  and  baked  upon  the  metal,  forming 
grains  finer  or  coarser  according  to  the  finess  or  coarseness  of  the 
powder  used.  Thus  acid  may  etch  only  between  the  grains  of 
resin  producing  that  peculiar  effect  which  this  method  suggests 
in  its  name. 

in  the  technique  of  soft  ground  (vernis  mou)  one  uses  a  soft, 
greasy  ground,  the  principle  part  of  which  is  a  fat  that  does  not 
harden.  On  a  plate  which  is  covered  by  this  ground,  the  etcher 
places  tissue  or  other  paper  of  a  distinctive  texture  or  a  piece 
of  silk  which,  by  means  of  a  roller,  he  presses  down  lightly.  With 
soft  or  hard  pencils  he  draws  upon  this  paper  or  silk,  which,  in 
the  places  where  he  makes  his  marks,  adheres  more  or  less  firmly 
to  the  plate.  In  removing  this  paper  or  silk  covering,  the  etching- 


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ground  is  lifted  with  it  in  those  places  where  lines  have  been 
drawn,  baring  the  plate  correspondingly  while  the  rest  of  the 
etching-ground  remains.  The  lines  of  a  soft-ground  show  the 
texture  of  the  superimposed  material  and  have  uneven  edges. 

A  colour-etching  is  produced  by  the  imprint  from  several 
plates,  usually  three  in  number,  each  plate  being  made  just  for 
a  single  color,  or  else  from  a  single  plate  on  which  the  different 
colored  areas  are  inked  in  with  brushes  or  stamps. 

The  art  of  wood-engraving  or  Woodcutting  consists  in 
transferring  the  design  to  a  woodblock  and  then  employing  the 
knife  and  gravers  to  cut  and  dig  away  the  wood  between  the 
lines.  The  wood  that  is  left  untouched,  prints.  Thus  wood-cutting 
and  wood-engraving  is  the  opposite  of  etching;  in  the  former  the 
lines  rise  from  the  ground  (surface  printing),  while  in  the  latter 
the  Hues  are  incised,  etched  into  the  plate,  sunk  below  its  surface 
(intaglio  printing). 

Lithography y  or  writing  on  stone,  is  a  method  of  reproduction 
by  which  a  drawing  is  printed  from  a  slab  of  limestone.  The 
printing  surface  is  neither  in  relief  nor  sunk,  as  the  process  rests 
solely  upon  the  mutually  repelling  reaction  of  grease  and  water. 
The  drawing  is  done  with  a  special  ink  or  crayon,  the  greasy 
substance  of  which  is  readily  absorbed  by  the  porous  stone,  and 
all  such  places  will  repulse  water  while  the  rest  of  the  surface 
will  take  it  freely.  The  drawing  will  take  the  oily  printers  ink, 
but  the  moistened  parts  of  the  stone  will  repell  it.  Lifhography 
was  invented  in  I  796  by  a  Bohemian,  Alois  Senef elder,  who 
was  born  in  Prague  on  November  6,  1771. 


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ALEX,  Adolf,  J.,  (1890  — )  is  the  pseudonym  of 
Adolf  Jelmek,  born  in  Strmilov,  Czechoslovakia.  He  was  a  pupil 
of  Max  Svabinsky  and,  at  one  time,  was  a  student  at  the  Munich 
Academy  of  Arts.  For  subject  matters  he  is  concerned  chiefly  with 
the  dramatic  representations  of  characters.  His  prints,  depicting  life 
in  the  Army  and  Gypsy  camps,  are  full  of  vitality  and  atmosphere. 

BILEK,  Frantisek,  (1872 — )  born  in  Chynov,  Czecho- 
slovakia, is  one  of  the  foremost  sculptors  and  woodcarvers  of  that 
country.  After  having  completed  his  studies  at  the  Prague  Academy 
of  Arts  he  went  to  Paris  where  he  drew  inspiration  from  the  vast 
treasures  of  art.  His  subjects  are  of  religious,  mystic,  and  symbolic 
character,  and  are  quite  often  drawn  from  the  glorious  epoch  of 
the  Bohemian  Reformation.  Not  finding  time  enough  to  create  all 
his  dreams  in  stone  and  wood  he  produced  the  following  sets  of 
prints:  The  Prayers  —  Our  Father  —  Building  the  Temple  of 
the  Future  —  and  The  Path.  We  have  also  his  wonderful 
interpretation  of  Calvary  in  woodcuts,  originally  a  monumental 
series  of  woodcarvings.  Of  the  book  illustrations  we  name  merely 
those  which  he  prepared  for  the  special  editions  of  the  poems 
of  his  friends,  Julius  Zeyer  and  Otokar  Bfezina. 

BOETTINGER,  Hugo,  (1880— )  born  in  Plzen,  Cze- 
choslovakia, studied  at  the  Prague  Academy  of  Arts.  Besides  the 
oil  paintings  of  allegorical  subjects  he  devotes  himself  to  caricature- 
drawings  of  prominent  personalities. 


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B  R  AU  N  ERO  VA,  Zdenka,(  1 862—)  born  in  Prague, 
studied  under  Chittusi  and  later  under  Curtois  in  Paris.  The  artist 
is  one  of  the  first  Czechoslovak  etchers  to  treat  her  subjects  in  a 
modern  style.  Her  prints  depicting  the  picturesque  corners  of  ancient 
Prague  reveal  the  charms  of  a  true  etcher's  method  and  vision. 

ENGELMUELLER,Ferdinand,(l867— )whowas 
born  in  Prague  makes  the  centre  of  his  interest  the  beauties  of  the 
plains  along  the  river  Labe.  At  times  he  wanders  off  to  the  Italian 
orchards  or  to  the  sombre  City  of  Venice.  A  moody  romanticism 
and  a  picturesqueness  one  can  always  find  in  all  his  plates. 

KOBLIHA,Frantisek,(l  877 — )born  inPrague  where 
he  studied  at  the  Academy  of  Arts.  To  name  the  most  important 
works  of  his  we  would  mention  the  following:  Vision  -  Prague  -  To- 
ward Morning  -  The  Revengeful  Melody  -  TheWoman  -  Tristan 
-  May  -  Moonlight  Nights  -  Don  Quixote  -  and  Bookplates. 

KO  N  U  P  E  K,  J  an,  ( 1 883— )  was  born  in  Mlada  Boleslav, 
Czechoslovakia.  An  artistic  education  was  given  to  him  at  the 
Prague  Academy  of  Arts.  At  present  he  is  a  professor  of  drawing 
at  the  State  School  of  Crafts  in  Plzeii.  The  two  volumes  of 
Western  Bohemias  Barocco,  The  Hymns  of  the  Night,  Etchings 
for  Shakespeare's  Hamlet,  for  Zorilla*s  Don  Juan,  for  Erben's 
Boquet,  and  for  Dante's  Inferno  deserve  special  attention.  He 
illustrated  also  a  number  of  books. 

KUPKA,Frantisek,  (1871— )  born  in  Dobruska,  Cze- 
choslovakia, resides  in  Paris  where  he  won  fame  as  a  painter  and 


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artist  of  a  high  culture.  One  of  the  first  graphic  plates  of  his  is 
the  composition  known  under  the  name  "Les  Fous'*,  in  which  he 
satirized  the  historical  and  social  movements.  Further  he  illustrated 
'*L*Homme  et  la  Terre*'  of  Elysee  Reclus,  '*Erinnyes"  of  Leconle 
de  Lisle,  and  '*Lysistrata**  of  Aristophanes.  A  French  publication 
came  out  in  Paris  by  L.  Arnould  Gremilly  entitled  "Frank  Kupka'* 
with  illustrations  by  the  artist  himself. 

LAUD  A,  Richard,  (1873—)  bom  in  Jistebnice,  Cze- 
choslovakia. Southern  Bohemia's  landscapes  depicted  in  his  set 
of  prints  called  "From  Southern  Bohemia"  deserve  attention. 

LOLEK,  Stanislav,  (1873 — )  born  in  Palom'n,  Czecho- 
slovakia, has  shown  special  interest  in  woodland  scenery  and 
animal  life.  He  was  a  pupil  of  Julius  Mafak  in  Prague. 

MAJER,  Antonin,  (1882 — )  born  in  Prague,  lived  later 
in  the  northeastern  part  of  Bohemia,  where  he  devoted  himself  to 
depicting  the  scenic  beauties  of  the  country,  especially  those  which 
can  be  found  along  the  banks  of  the  Jizera  River.  The  artist  is 
active  in  the  realm  of  etching  and  woodcut. 

MYSLBEK,  Karel,  (1874—1915)  born  in  Prague, 
Czechoslovakia,  was  a  son  of  the  famous  Czech  sculptor 
Joseph  Vaclav  Myslbek.  For  his  oil  paintings  and  for  his 
etchings  he  chose  melancholy  themes  from  the  lives  of  the 
emigrants,  the  blind,  the  proletariat,  and  so  forth.  An  untimely 
death  during  the  World  War  prevented  the  fulfilment  of  his 
artistic  intentions. 


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PREISSIG,  Vojtech,  (1873—)  born  in  Svetec.  Cze- 
choslovakia, entered  the  State  School  of  Arts  and  Crafts  in  Prague 
and  spent  also  several  years  in  Paris  studying  graphic  arts  with 
Schmid  and  Delaune  of  the  Ecole  Colarossi.  For  a  time  he  was 
with  Marold  and  Mucha.  Master  of  technique  and  of  the  pecul- 
iarities of  the  various  styles  of  engraving,  he  published  in  Czecho- 
slovakia the  first  book  on  the  graphic  technique,  which  is  known 
ill  the  United  States  under  the  title  of  Colour  Etchings  (New 
York).  His  graphic  works  are  chiefly  decorative  in  nature.  At 
the  present  time  he  is  the  head  of  the  Department  of  Printing 
and  Graphic  Arts  at  the  Wentworth  Institute  in  Boston. 

S I LO  V  S  K  Y,  Vladimir,  ( 1 89 1  — )  born  in  Liban,  Cze- 
choslovakia,  began  to  study  architecture  in  the  Prague  School  of 
Technology,  changing  later  to  the  School  of  Arts  and  Crafts. 
Max  Svabinsky  was  one  of  his  master-teachers.  Social  struggles, 
the  misery  of  war,  various  events  of  every-day  life,  scenes  from 
the  foundries,  from  the  steel  mills  and  from  the  mines,  are  a  rich 
source  of  inspiration  to  this  artist.  His  plates  are  often  crowded 
with  the  figures  of  workingmen,  old  women,  men,  and  hungry 
children;  he  makes  us  feel  the  ache  of  their  limbs,  stiff  with 
fatigue,  and  to  see  the  patience  in  their  eyes. 

STRETTI,  Viktor,  (1878—)  bom  in  Plasy,  Czecho- 
slovakia, spent  three  years  at  the  Prague  Academy  of  Arts, 
finishing  his  studies  in  Munich,  where  he  learned  to  etch  under 
the  guidance  of  Peter  Halm.  Besides  many  city  and  country 
views,  figure  studies,  and  landscapes,  the  three  sets  of  his  prints 
show  Paris,  the  Thames  River,  and  Ostende,  as  they  appeared 


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to  his  visionary  temperament.  We  have  from  him  specimens  of 
all  the  various  techniques  of  etching  with  the  exception  of  the 
woodcut.  From  Paris  he  brought  to  Czechoslovakia  the  French 
custom  of  New  Year  cards. 

STRETTI-ZAMPONI,Jaromir,(]882— )born  in 
Plasy,  Czechoslovakia,  younger  brother  of  Viktor  Stretti,  began 
his  career  as  a  bank  clerk  and  later  settled  down  to  the  life  of 
an  artist.  Colour-prints  are  his  speciality.  Besides  the  views  from 
Paris,  Rouen,  and  Venice,  ancient  Prague  attracts  him  with  its 
manifold  beauties,  where  he  seems  to  find  ever  new  and  pictur- 
esque views. 

SIMON,  Frantisek,  T„  (1877  — )  born  in  Zeleznice, 
Czechoslovakia,  graduated  at  the  Prague  Academy  of  Arts.  At 
the  beginning  of  his  artistic  career  he  visited  Southern  Europe, 
where  he  interested  himself  especially  in  the  Slavic  countries: 
Bosnia,  Herzegovina,  Dalmatia,  and  Montenegro.  There  his 
artistic  temperament  and  his  sense  of  beauty  made  ample  use  of 
the  characteristics  of  Southern  Slavs  and  the  scenic  beauties  of 
their  countries.  After  spending  a  few  years  in  Italy  and  London 
he  settled  in  Paris,  where  he  remained  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
World  War.  In  Paris  he  devoted  himself  to  mono-  and  poly- 
chrome etchings  and  became  a  member  of  the  Societe  de  la 
Gravure  en  Couleurs,  of  the  Societe  desPeintres-graveurs  Frangais, 
and  of  the  Societe  de  la  Gravure  sur  Bois,  as  well  as  Secretary 
of  the  Salon  d'Automne.  Georges  Petit  in  Paris  published  about 
45  of  his  plates.  Others  were  published  by  A.  Roullier  in  Chi- 
cago, Fred  Keppel  in  New  York,  Wed  G.  Dorens  in  Amsterdam, 


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and  J.  Stenc  in  Prague.  Noteworthy  are  his  etchings  from  the 
destroyed  City  of  Rheims  and  his  sets  of  prints  called  "Paris 
Motives'*  and  "Hradcany'*  (Castle  of  Prague).  The  artist  is  a 
member  of  the  Czech  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences,  the  curator 
of  the  Modern  Gallery  in  Prague,  and  one  of  the  founders  of 
"Hollar"  —  a  society  of  Czech  graphic  artists.  His  prints  show 
a  most  intimate  knowledge  of  scenic  beauty  and  a  wonderful 
skill  in  depicting  it.  F.  T.  Simon  is  one  of  the  Czech  artists  who 
is  best  known  on  the  foreign  print-markets. 

SVABINSKY,Max,(1873— )  born  in  Kromenz,  Cze- 
choslovakia, graduated  at  the  Prague  Academy  of  Arts,  where  he 
is  now  the  head  of  the  Graphic  School.  Although  he  is  first  and 
foremost  a  painter,  who  knows  how  to  catch  with  his  brush  the 
human  likeness  and  to  express  his  visions  on  large  canvasses  and 
surfaces,  he  today  leads  in  the  Czechoslovak  graphic  art.  He  might 
be  called  a  graphic  poet,  an  artist  of  lofty  imagination  and  of  high 
originality.  Graceful  etchings  of  trees  and  woodland  scenery, 
landscapes  of  restful  beauty,  noble  portraits,  days  and  nights  with 
their  wonderful  contrast  of  light  and  darkness,  plates  large  or  in 
miniature,  bear  unmistakably  the  mark  of  a  genius.  Magnificent  are 
his  sets  of  prints  In  the  Primeval  IVoods  and  the  Paradise  Sonata, 
where  gorgeous  tropical  vegetation,  beautiful  feminine  nudes,  butter- 
flies, tigers,  and  strange  birds  appear  at  their  master's  command  in 
proper  time  and  in  proper  environement.  Svabinsky's  plates  mark 
the  pinnacle  in  the  evolution  of  the  Czechoslovak  graphic  art. 

TONDL,  Karel,  (1893  — )  born  in  Krasno,  Czechoslo- 
vakia, was  a  pupil  of  Jan  Preisler  at  the  Prague  Academy  of 


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Arts  and  later  of  Max  Svabinsky  at  the  Graphic  School.  In  1 920 
he  went  to  Paris  on  a  traveling-fellowship  granted  by  the  French 
Government,  where  he  acquired  a  deep  knowledge  of  graphic 
art,  especially  of  the  woodcut.  There  he  also  held  an  exhibition 
of  his  etchings  in  the  Societe  Nationale  and  the  Artistes  Frangais. 

UPRKA,  Joza,  (1862—)  born  in  Knezdub,  Czecho- 
slovakia, is  one  of  the  most  prominent  Czechoslovak  painters. 
Peasant  folks  in  their  picturesque  national  costumes,  peasant  life 
in  general,  and  the  beauty  and  brightness  of  country  scenes  entirely 
absorb  his  interest.  While  oil  painting  is  this  artist's  real  domain, 
his  masterly  draughtsmanship  finds  expression  in  the  etching  with 
its  comparative  coldness  and  lack  of  color. 

VI K,  Karel,  (1883  — )  born  in  Horice,  Czechoslovakia, 
interests  himself  chiefly  in  woodcut.  Best  known  are  his  sets  of 
prints  entitled  In  the  Mountains  and  The  Bohemian  Paradise. 

VONDROUS,  Jan,  C,  (1  884  — )  was  born  in  Chotu- 
sice,  Czechoslovakia.  He  came  to  United  States  with  his  parents, 
who  emigrated  to  this  country  when  he  was  nine  years  of  age. 
His  artistic  education  he  obtained  in  four  year's  study  under 
James  D.  Smillie  in  the  schools  of  the  National  Academy  of  Design 
in  New  York.  It  is  no  wonder  then  that  his  colleagues  from  the 
Prague  Art  Society  *'Manes"  recognized  him  as  a  man  belonging 
to  the  Anglo-American  school.  The  artist,  as  a  true  etcher,  is 
entirely  absorbed  in  technical  problems  of  etching.  Ancient 
architecture  appeals  especially  to  his  artistic  sense,  as  can  be 
seen  from  his  numerous  plates  from  Italy,  Belgium,  and  Prague. 


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Last  but  not  least  are  his  prints  with  subject  matter  from  the  Uni- 
ted States:  the  Library  of  Columbia  University,  fishermen's  boats, 
the  preparation  of  fish  for  the  market,  work  in  the  ship  yards,' 
and  so  forth.  During  the  World  War  he  produced  a  series  of  prints 
entitled  Kultmtraegers.  The  climax  of  his  art,  however,  seems  to 
be  reached  in  his  plates  of  Old  Prague,  whose  dusky  mysteries 
and  beauties  appeal  to  him  with  an  abiding  charm  which  is 
echoed  by  the  refrain  of  an  English  ballad  : 

**Yet  the  persons  I  pity 
Who  know  not  the  city 
The  beautiful  City  of  Prague!" 

WELLNER,  Karel,  (1875  -)  born  in  Unhost',  Cze- 
choslovakia, is  a  professor  of  drawing  in  Olomouc,  Moravia. 
A  large  portion  of  his  prints  present  the  beauties  of  this  city  and 
its  surroundings. 


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For  the  rest,  it  is  my  pleasant  duty  to  thank  Mr.  Frantisek 
Zakavec,  the  art-critic  of  Prague,  and  Henry  J.  John,  M.  D.  for 
various  information  and  counsel,  and  also  the  Czechoslovak 
iNational  Alliance  of  America  for  the  financial  aid  which  made 
this  edition  possible. 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  June,  1 922.  ^  ^' 


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INDEX  OF  ETCHINGS  ON 
EXHIBITION. 


ALEX,  A.J. 

1 .  Devotion 

2.  Going  to  Market 

3.  At  the  Watering  Place 

4.  The  Uhlans 

5.  Charge  of  the  Cavahy 

6.  A  Gypsy  Camp 

7.  Gypsies 

8.  Adamites 

BILEK,  F. 

9.  Christ 

1 0.  Design  for  a  Monument 
1  1 .  In  the  Temple 
I  2.  John  Hus 

1  3.  Entrance  to  the  Temple 

1 4.  The  Highest  Justice  I. 

1  5.  The  Highest  Justice  II. 

1  6.  The  Significance  of  the  Cross 

1  7.  The  Highest  Justice  III. 

1 8.  The  Highest  Justice  IV. 

1 9.  John  Amos  Comenius 

BOETTINGER,  H. 

20.  T.  G.  Masaryk 

21.  Scene  from  a  Dramatic  School 

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22.  At  the  Fountain 

23.  Ex  Libris 

24.  Ex  Libris 

ENGELMUELLER,  F. 
23.  A  Motif  from  Italy 

HOFBAUER,  A. 

26.  Prague 

HORKY,  F. 

27.  St.  Jacob's,  Kutna  Hora 

28.  Porch  of  the  ItaHan  Manor,  Kutna  Hora 

KOBLIHA,  F. 

29.  Prague  at  Night 

30.  Birds 

3  1 .  In  the  Park 

32.  A  Forest  in  Bohemia 

33.  At  Dawn 

34.  Illustration 

35.  Illustration 

36.  Tatra  Mountains,  Slovakia 

37.  Prague 

LAUDA,  R. 

38.  Old  Men 

39.  Portrait 


40.  Washer-women 

4  I .  In  the  Summer 

42.  A  Tramp 

LOLEK,  S. 

43.  A  Fox  Family 

44.  Woodcock 

45.  The  Deer 

MAJER.  A. 

46.  Spring 

47.  Storm 

48.  Camping 

49.  A  Bohemian  Cottage 

50.  Morning  in  the  Fields 

5  1 .  Morning  at  the  River 

MORAVEC.  A. 

52.  An  Old  Castle,  Bohemia 

53.  In  the  Fall 

54.  Spring  Time 

55.  A  Village,  Bohemia 

NAUMAN,  A. 

56.  Visiting  his  Friend  an  Etcher 

PREISSIG,  V. 

57.  Spring  Time 

58.  A  Musician 

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59.  Bookplate 

60.  Bookplate 

61.  Bookplate 

62.  The  Bluebird 

63.  New  Year  Card,  1920 

64.  Art  Students'  League  Folder 

65.  Plates  from  Seven  Orchids 

ROEHLING,  V. 

66.  St.  Nicholas',  Prague 

67.  Old  Part  of  Prague 

SILOVSKY,  V. 

68.  Breadline  in  Prague  during  the  World  War 

69.  In  the  Steel  Works 

70.  Merry-go-round 

7  I .  Entrance  to  the  Market 

72.  Puppet  Show 

73.  Feathers 

74.  Market 

75.  A  Reading  Room 

76.  The  National  Theatre,  Prague 

77.  A  Coal  Dealer 

78.  Waiting  Room 

79.  Portrait 

80.  A  Construction 

8 1 .  Waiting  for  Rations 

82.  Brick  Kiln 

83.  In  the  Steel  Works 


SIMON,  F.  T. 


84.  Simon  in  his  Studio 
83.  On  the  Beach 

86.  Hradcany,  a  view  from  the  Belvedere,  Prague 

87.  Old  Prague  at  Night 

88.  Hradcany  in  Winter 

89.  The  Outskirts  of  Prague 

90.  Hradcany  from  Charles  Bridge,  Prague 

9 1 .  Hradcany  from  the  Quai,  Prague 

92.  Joseph  Manes 

93.  Return  from  the  Front 

94.  A  Water-carrier,  Morocco 

95.  Winter  in  Hana,  Moravia 

96.  Ernest  Denis 

97.  The  Golden  Street,  Prague 

98.  Skating  on  the  Vltava  River,  Prague 

99.  The  Bastille,  Paris 

1  00.  Place  de  la  Concorde,  Paris 
101.  Alhambra  a  Generaliff,  Spain 
1  02.  Arc  du  Triomphe,  Paris 

1 03.  Houses  in  Amsterdam 

1 04.  Amsterdam  under  Snow 
103.  Market  in  Tanger 

I  06.  Book  Venders  in  Paris 
107.  Channel  in  Amsterdam 
1  08.  Tyn  Church  in  Prague 
1  09.  Riva  Dei  Schiavoni,  Venice 
1  10.  On  the  Beach,  Venice 


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111.  Charles  Bridge,  Prague 
1  1  2.  Charles  Bridge,  Prague 
1  1  3.  Charles  Bridge,  Prague 
1  1  4.  The  National  Theatre,  Prague 

115.  Place  d'Erlon,  Rheims 

116.  Prague 

117.  Courtyard  in  the  Castle,  Prague 

118.  Old  Prague 

1  1 9.  Charles  Bridge,  Prague 

STRETTI-ZAMPONI,  J. 

1  20.  Market  on  St.  Nicholas*  Eve,  Prague 

121.  Snowbound  Village,  Bohemia 

1  22.  A  Corner  in  Old  Prague 

123.  St.  Vitus'  in  Winter,  Prague 

1  24.  Jewish  Cemetery  in  Winter,  Prague 

125.  Village  in  the  Mountains,  Bohemia 

1  26.  Hradcany  from  Masaryk's  Quai,  Prague 

127.  Saving  the  World  for  Democracy 

1  28.  Painting  the  Map  of  Czechoslovakia 

1  29.  Hradcany  in  the  Fall,  Prague 

1  30.  St.  Nicholas',  Prague 

131.  Masaryk's  Quai,  Prague 

1  32.  Hradcany,  Prague 

133.  Hradcany  in  Winter,  Prague 

1  34.  Hradcany  in  Summer,  Prague 

135.  Hradcany  in  Spring,  Prague 

1  36.  A  Country  Home,  Bohemia 

137.  Bohemian  Village 


1  38.  Doge's  Palace,  Venice 

1  39.  Set.  Nicolas  du  Chardonette,  Paris 

1  40.  Ponte  Nuovo,  Venice 

141.  Channel  of  Chioggi 

STRETTI,  V. 

142.  London 

143.  A  Dance  Hall 

1  44.  The  Slovak  Women 
145.  On  the  Thames  River 
1  46.  On  the  Thames  River 
147.  On  the  Thames  River 
1  48.  Ostende 

1  49.  On  the  Vltava  River,  Prague 
1  50.  On  the  Banks  of  Normandy 
151.  The  Czech  Fishermen 
1  52.  A  Lithographic  Shop 

SVABINSKY,  M. 

153.  Ceres 
1  54.  Making  Hay 
155.  The  Harvest 
1  56.  Evening 
157.  Icka 

1  58.  The  Artist's  own  Portrait 
1  59.  The  Artist's  own  Portrait 

160.  A  Wood 

161.  Harwest  Time 
1  62.  Washing 

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163.  The  Harvest 

]  64.  The  Reap  ers 

1 65.  Joseph  Manes 

1  66.  Hanus  Schwaiger 

1  67.  A  Lonely  Road 

1  68.  A  Woman  with  a  Dog 

1  69.  The  Harvest  Field 

1  70.  A  Turkey  Gobbler 

171.  Mikulas  Ales 

1  72.  Camellia 

173.  The  Plowman 

1  74.  Joseph  Manes 

175.  Morning 

1  76.  Noon 

177.  F.  X.  Salda 

1  78.  Mrs.  Svabinsky 

1  79.  Mother  and  Daughter 

1  80.  Piety 

181.  Taking  the  Body  from  the  Cross 
1  82.  White  Camellia 
183.  Bedrich  Smetana 
1  84.  Antonm  Dvorak 

185.  Jaroslav  Kvapil 

1 86.  Farmer's  Courtyard 

187.  Picking  Berries 

1  88.  A  Charge  of  a  Tiger 
1  89.  Antonin  Sova 

1 90.  Portrait  of  Children 

191.  Arcadia  I. 


1  92.  Arcadia  II. 

]  93.  T.  G.  Masaryk 

1  94.  Summer  Night 

195.  Summer  Day 

TONDL,  K. 

196.  The  New  York  Harbor 

197.  Seamstress 

1  98.  Jardin  du  Luxembourg,  Paris 

199.  Skating 

200.  Persecuted 

201.  Ernest  Denis 

202.  Portrait  of  a  Composer 

203.  Artist's  own  Portrait 

204.  Winter  in  a  Czech  Village 

205.  Country  in  Sunshine 

206.  Under  Clouds 

207.  At  the  Hearth 

UPRKA,  J. 

208.  The  Farmer 

VIK,  K. 

209.  In  the  Fall 

210.  In  the  Summer 

211.  Bohemian  Country  Scene 

VONDROUS,  J.  C. 

212.  The  Town  Hall,  Prague 

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213.  St.  Vitus',  Prague 

2 1 4.  St.  Martin's,  Ypres,  Belgium 

215.  New  Year  Card,  1914 

216.  New  Year  Card,  1918 

217.  New  Year  Card,  1919 

218.  New  Year  Card,  1920 

219.  New  Year  Card,  1922 

220.  Christmas  Card,  1918 

221.  Christmas  Card,  1920 

222.  Ex  Libris 

223.  An  Announcement 

224.  St.  Nicholas',  Prague 

225.  St.  Vitus  ,  Prague 

226.  Tyn  Church,  Prague 

227.  Market  Place  and  St.  Jacob's,  Prague 

228.  Tyn  Church  at  Night,  Prague 

229.  The  Old  Town  Hall,  Prague 

230.  St.  Nicholas',  Prague 

231.  Belvedere,  Prague 

232.  Russian  Church,  Prague 

233.  The  National  Theatre,  Prague 

234.  St.  Vitus',  Prague 

WELLNER,  K. 

235.  The  Goat  Street,  Olomouc 

236.  Night  View  from  Masaryk's  Depot,  Olomouc 

237.  Devotion 

238.  A  View  from  the  University  Library,  Olomouc 

239.  The  Castle,  Olomouc 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


A.  J.  Alex:  Gipsies. 


Fr.  Kobliha:  An  Illustration. 


R.  Lauda:  Summer 


A.  Majer:  Spring. 


V.  Silovsky:  Puppet  Show. 


Strettl-Zamponi :  Hradcany  from  the  Quai,  Prague. 


Simon:  The  National  Theatre,  Prague. 


M.  Svabinsky:  White  Camellia. 


M.  Svabinsky:  Evening. 


K.  Tondl :  Ernest  Denis. 


J.  Uprka:  The  Farmer. 


J.  C.  Vondrous:  Belvedere,  Prague. 


